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This felt a tad too serious for the, "You know you're a writer when . . .," thread and, thus, I felt it was deserving of a separate thread.
Over the past week or two, one obsession, The Conduit (Wii FPS), has replaced my biggest, writing. While I enjoy getting headshots and the like online in The Conduit more than most things, I feel dreadfully hollow now that my WIP has sat, untouched, for at least a week.
So I got to asking myself this depressing question: "What am I if not a writer?" That got me to thinking about how I identify myself by my writing, in one way or another. In most situations, if I need to throw out a tasty tidbit about myself, the first thing that I spout out is, "I've written three novels."
Still, calling myself a writer doesn't feel completely right, although that is more of a defensive tactic to prevent people from bursting my fragile bubble with pointed words.
And what's worsened things is that I have encountered a minor backlog of ideas since I haven't been putting any to the page lately. I've outlined how I want to go at the revision of my WIP, I still have that fantasy novel of mine that got shelved after the first chapter in favor of revising a previous novel (my WIP), and then there are two distinct story ideas I've been mulling over. One's a fun, not-so-serious take on zombies. Another's, more or less, a mature, trippier version of that old cartoon, Chalk Zone, inspired by a dream.
Sure, I have other talents, and I am not exactly dimwitted, meaning there are other paths I could choose as far as academia and career are concerned, but I feel my time is wasted in other pursuits because that time could be spent writing. No matter if I'm struggling or blazing through my writing, I wouldn't have it any other way, even if I might be frustrated with it at the time.
Well, that became a bit of a personal rant of sorts, but I'm glad to get it out there. Say what you will/must.
Over the past week or two, one obsession, The Conduit (Wii FPS), has replaced my biggest, writing. While I enjoy getting headshots and the like online in The Conduit more than most things, I feel dreadfully hollow now that my WIP has sat, untouched, for at least a week.
So I got to asking myself this depressing question: "What am I if not a writer?" That got me to thinking about how I identify myself by my writing, in one way or another. In most situations, if I need to throw out a tasty tidbit about myself, the first thing that I spout out is, "I've written three novels."
Still, calling myself a writer doesn't feel completely right, although that is more of a defensive tactic to prevent people from bursting my fragile bubble with pointed words.
And what's worsened things is that I have encountered a minor backlog of ideas since I haven't been putting any to the page lately. I've outlined how I want to go at the revision of my WIP, I still have that fantasy novel of mine that got shelved after the first chapter in favor of revising a previous novel (my WIP), and then there are two distinct story ideas I've been mulling over. One's a fun, not-so-serious take on zombies. Another's, more or less, a mature, trippier version of that old cartoon, Chalk Zone, inspired by a dream.
Sure, I have other talents, and I am not exactly dimwitted, meaning there are other paths I could choose as far as academia and career are concerned, but I feel my time is wasted in other pursuits because that time could be spent writing. No matter if I'm struggling or blazing through my writing, I wouldn't have it any other way, even if I might be frustrated with it at the time.
Well, that became a bit of a personal rant of sorts, but I'm glad to get it out there. Say what you will/must.
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